Blizzard Employees Have Ratified Their First Union Contracts
The Communications Workers of America represents about 1,900 workers at the game company.
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Workers at Blizzard Entertainment represented by the Communications Workers of America have voted to ratify union contracts with their employer. This inaugural contract has been reached after about two years of bargaining. The terms cover about 1,900 Blizzard employees, including those that are already represented by the CWA.
According to the CWA, the contracts include provisions such as wage increases, grievance procedures, a three-day in-office hybrid work week, "just cause" protections, accommodations for remote work and disability, and an extra four weeks of severance regardless of tenure. This arrangement also requires that Blizzard "discuss, evaluate and bargain over the usage of artificial intelligence in the workplace." Notably, the contract also gives workers the right to be "recalled" into open positions at any Blizzard bargaining unit for 14 months from the date their layoff is announced. That...
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